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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Barthélemy

Article L712-4

The Minister responsible for the economy shall draw up a list of EU regulations on restrictive measures taken in application of Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Unio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-11

When the Autorité des marchés financiers receives transaction reports in accordance with Article L. 533-9, it shall transmit this information to the competent authority of the most relevant market in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-10

The Centre's Director General is responsible for the Centre's affairs other than those listed in Article L. 6162-9. He is responsible for the general management of the establishment and reports to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opening and operating conditions

Article L6222-5

The sites of the medical biology laboratory are located either in the same area determined in application of b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9, or in a maximum of three of these adjoining areas, unless an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-25

The provisions of this section will be repealed five years after 9 January 1993, the date of publication of the loi n° 93-23 du 8 janvier 1993 modifiant le titre VI du livre III du code des communes e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Town Council

Article L2573-5

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Contracts concluded at trade fairs and exhibitions

Article L224-62

Where the conclusion of a contract for the sale or provision of services between a trader and a consumer, at a fair, exhibition or any commercial event covered by Chapter II of Title VI of Book VII of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-21

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall ensure publication, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, by mention in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-3

The rights registered on the personal training account remain acquired in the event of a change in the holder's professional situation or loss of employment.Rights acquired in hours, in accordance wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-3

For its application in Wallis and Futuna, article L. 5125-9 is amended as follows:1° In the first paragraph, the words: "of the Conseil de l'ordre des pharmaciens with territorial jurisdiction" are re…

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